correlation to u.s. lives, and they need to realize that. maria: we have the dow industrials down up 23, the nasdaq up 59 after the data came out this morning. mark this morning because of better than expected earnings. thirty minutes before the opening bell, final thoughts here. >> that's prizing. at&t has a track record of doing essentially nothing and just paying a dividend. [laughter] one of those stocks you write covered calls on, you collect exthat premium -- maria: we've seen a real spike today. >> yeah, it's been great can. obviously, the big concern was the news two days ago with regards to nvidia's made for china chips. obviously, the biden administration's clamping down on that, that's why i think you saw quite a bit of a selloff yesterday. i think that's good for the security of our country, i think that's bad for the chip makers like nvidia. maria: final word on this speaker fight, because i'm wondering when it starts showing up as an issue for investors and whether or not that is also going to be a challenge. another vote today. >> a government shutdown, which is ime innocent in the next, what, 20 days at this point? it does shave o